Dolly Parton Announces 2014 Tour Dates, Including U.S. Shows!

Dolly Parton's 2014 Blue Smoke World Tour is really taking over the world. In addition to her previously announced shows in Europe, the buxom blonde will also hit up New Zealand, Australia, and the U.S. before heading to the U.K.

The iconic singer's tour will kick off January 2014 in Rancho Mirage, Calif., much to the delight of country music fans in the US. Says Parton, "It’s always great to perform at home in the good ol’ U.S.A. We're kicking off our Blue Smoke World Tour right here at home. I love traveling all over the world; but it’s true, there’s nothing like home."

Although it's always nice performing at home, sweet home, Parton is extremely excited about her newly-added New Zealand dates -- which will be her first in over three decades -- as well as a return visit to the land down under -- Australia. “Australia, here I come again," Parton exclaims.

She continued, "We have a lot of new and exciting things for the show and can't wait to share it with you. I love my fans in that part of the world. You've been so very good to me for so many years, I’m really, really excited to be coming back to New Zealand again after 30 years or so. And I know that we're gonna have a wonderful time. It’s a long way from home in your part of the world, but I always feel like I'm right at home. So Australia, New Zealand, I'm coming home. Wait up!”

That may seem like a lot of traveling for a 67-year-old, but there is no slowing down for the singer. After singing in the lands of kangaroos and Kiwis, Parton will again tour in America before heading across the pond in Europe, where she is always warmly received and is established as Europe's favorite country artist. Dolly Parton's 2014 Blue Smoke World Tour Dates: